Apparently someone at a British hospital thought that this was a good idea.
I beg to differ. Words fail me. It's rare, I know, but occasionally it does happen.
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Michael Jackson is clearly rolling over in his grave
Category: Entertainment/culture • Humor • Medicine • Music
Posted on: March 17, 2010 12:00 AM, by Orac
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Well they do admit it is a "low cost production."
I loved how some of them just broke out into giggles.
Posted by: Chris | March 17, 2010 12:07 AM
It's one of those moments when you wonder if it's really a good outcome that the H1N1 was not deadlier. j/k but anyways yes, if MJ would see this, he'd probably feel insulted.
Posted by: Marc | March 17, 2010 12:39 AM
"Adding comments has been disabled for this video."
Posted by: JSR | March 17, 2010 12:51 AM
Jackson was quite the hypochondriac, by all accounts.
Also he was said to have been "addicted" to plastic surgery.
I can't say how true either of those items is, but the idea that Jackson would have wanted people to not transmit disease seems to fit in with the topic, Barely.
A weird guy who died before his time.
And yes.. . he'd be doing several hundred RPMS in his grave, were such possible.
Posted by: DLC
| March 17, 2010 2:05 AM
That was great!!I do hand washing audits at work, my co-workers are generally good at remembering, but this video would be a great reminder!!
Posted by: gwen RN | March 17, 2010 2:35 AM
Posted by: rni.boh
| March 17, 2010 3:41 AM
This was hilarious! Although I can see the tea baggers using this as an example of where socialised medicine will lead to.
Posted by: somewhere in greece | March 17, 2010 5:12 AM
bah humbug Orac! This was great!
Posted by: colmcq | March 17, 2010 5:18 AM
Put this in the dictionary under cheesy.
Posted by: NewEnglandBob
| March 17, 2010 6:06 AM
I'd go to that hospital. They won't forget to clean, to wash, to think about contamination.
Workplaces can be awfully grim sometimes, and this is silliness in the right direction.
Posted by: george.w | March 17, 2010 7:58 AM
And in the related video section is a man in a pink toto working out.....
Posted by: Adam_Y | March 17, 2010 8:38 AM
So your cancelling your scheduled production on Vasectomy to the tune of "Big ten inch" then?
Posted by: Uncle Dave | March 17, 2010 10:09 AM
LOL at the crotch-grab at 2:14.
Posted by: kayleigh | March 17, 2010 11:53 AM
Noooo make it stop
Posted by: Wesley Dodson
| March 17, 2010 12:31 PM
LOL at the crotch-grab at 2:14.
I believe that was the hospital's Chief Executive - you can check him out on their website.
Posted by: sophia8 | March 17, 2010 1:30 PM
Here's a good cautionary tale about why all that is important: A British rapper got very sick (TB?) and is stuck in quarantine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqGLHluDoe0
Posted by: JustaTech | March 17, 2010 5:00 PM
Hey! If Zappos.com is going to get C&D letters for putting their Karaoke lunches on YouTube, then how on earth does this hospital get a free pass?
/grumble /grumble
Posted by: Shawn Smith | March 17, 2010 8:40 PM
I'm on the "great video !" side of the debate. Whatever its quality music-, video- or effectiveness-wise, everyone in it is having SO MUCH FUN. It's infectious !
Posted by: Caravelle | March 18, 2010 9:43 AM
Orac wrote: "Words fail me. It's rare, I know, but occasionally it does happen."
ahhhh!!! there IS a hell!! and it just froze over!!!!
:)
Posted by: rob | March 18, 2010 11:30 AM
I just read in Super Freakonomics that remembering to wash hands is still a big issue in hospitals.
So yeah, not the greatest video, but probably an important reminder.
Posted by: Julie | March 18, 2010 1:43 PM
I get physically distressed by such vocals. I want to crawl in a dark corner and cover my ears, screaming. That's why I turned down the video about 1 nanosec after the manager started to sig. Yes, making me watch the entire damn thing each time I don't clean my hands when I should've would be extremely effective.
But, since we all know such musical abominations are quite often enjoyed by a large audience I wouldn't be surprised the way the manager gets involved with the 'non-washers' (i.e. nurses et al) will pay off. I don't think this is meant to be shown outside the hospital, so that's no merit it should be judged upon.
Just curious: does anyone know the compliancerates for handcleansing in the US?
Posted by: HB | March 26, 2010 6:52 PM